In this paper, we study the compressibility of random processes and fields, called generalized Levy processes, that are solutions of stochastic differential equations driven by d-dimensional periodic Levy white noises. Our results are based on the estimation of the Besov regularity of Levy white noises and generalized Levy processes. We show in particular that non-Gaussian generalized Levy processes are more compressible in a wavelet basis than the corresponding Gaussian processes, in the sense that their n-term approximation errors decay faster. We quantify this compressibility in terms of the Blumenthal-Getoor indices of the underlying Levy white noise.